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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Melancholy Objects.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whitman believed humanity was welded together in _________________ instead of separated from each other.
(a) Commonality.
(b) Truth.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Peace.

2. What is NOT one of the ways that surrealism is described by Sontag in this particular chapter?
(a) Irrational.
(b) Anecdotal.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Dated.

3. The cave allegory speaks of __________ chained to a wall within the story itself.
(a) Prisoners.
(b) Children.
(c) Women.
(d) Priests.

4. What kind of photographer is interested in the awakening consciousness?
(a) South American.
(b) American.
(c) European.
(d) African.

5. Like surrealism, photography is often about ________ poverty and wealth in its contents or its themes.
(a) Extreme.
(b) True.
(c) Duly earned.
(d) Abject.

Short Answer Questions

1. _____________ often use cameras and practice photography as a method of certifying their travel experience.

2. What might separate the whole of humanity, according to Whitman in this chapter of this book?

3. Photographs appropriate place and identity by the act of _________ reproduction, according to Sontag.

4. In what year was photography invented, according to Sontag's research as outlined in this book?

5. Photography has made the world unable to perceive the _________ beyond the photograph, according to Sontag.

(see the answer key)

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